JAKE SPEAR OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a senior on the men’s baseball team from Lawrenceville, Ga., has been selected as the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending April 22, 2012.
Spear has been the starting second baseman
for the Oglethorpe baseball team and an upstanding
student-athlete in the community for the past four years.
In addition to his steady contributions in the classroom and on the
field, Spear has served as the
student-manager of Oglethorpe concessions since his sophomore year,
helping coordinate, stock and staff the concession stand.
Also, he has been a team leader in the baseball team’s
yearly service efforts with Sandy Springs baseball where, each
October, the squad spends Sunday afternoons helping youngsters hone
their skills on the baseball diamond.